News RSS | The Enquirer Journal2015-03-03T15:21:33Zurn:uuid:d98e9701-7a4c-401e-a3ec-eff65b82fe80Scott Safety expansion will create 67 jobsurn:uuid:daf9d01d-b7cb-4fb0-ae4a-da0b2eee362c2015-02-27T10:42:38Z
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Scott Technologies, Inc. plans to invest $28.7 million in Monroe over the next five years, creating 67 new jobs at the location.</p>
Bus drivers reflect on years of serviceurn:uuid:6e9fcbb4-7148-49e3-96d6-6175b0fa94a02015-02-28T14:03:03Z
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<span class="BodyCopyRaggedRtFeatureDropcap">Every day, 315 Union County Public Schools yellow buses travel more than 30,000 miles, carrying approximately 24,000 children to school and then safely home again in the afternoon.</span></p>
Common Heart offers tax serviceurn:uuid:0f124f04-72e3-493c-9025-5acf8529be222015-02-28T14:04:35Z
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<span class="BodyCopy">Thanks to generous community supporters, volunteers with the local nonprofit Common Heart have been able to file taxes for 86 residents just one month into its free income tax service.</span></p>
Wingate earns Heart of the Arts awardurn:uuid:2d9bafdb-475a-4392-b0a2-71c68962f2a72015-02-28T13:52:51Z
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<span class="BodyCopy">The Union County Community Arts Council has announced that Wingate University has received the organization&#8217;s 2015 Heart of the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award.&#160; The award was presented at the council&#8217;s Night for the Arts on Saturday, February 21.</span></p>
SV student raises money for K-9 vestsurn:uuid:a3769ee9-00b8-4e59-8a8f-94f928e5d92a2015-02-28T08:57:32Z
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Kirsten Moore, a senior at Sun Valley High School, is raising money to buy bullet proof vests for Union County Sheriff&#8217;s Office K-9s.</p>
UCPS announces two hour delay Fridayurn:uuid:7292ecb5-fdf2-4bc5-a475-85adb12aa8b72015-02-26T16:24:28Z
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Due to the precipitation that fell last night, many roads in our county remain wet and there is a potential for refreezing tonight. As a result, Union County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delay for students and staff on Friday, Feb. 27. All schools will open and buses will run two hours later than the normal time.&#160;</p>
Staff ReportUCPS closed Tuesdayurn:uuid:d3034a01-ef18-47c9-a25d-cf39cf437c392015-02-24T08:28:04Z
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Union County Public Schools will be closed for students on Feb. 24. It is an optional workday for staff, with a two-hour delay. In addition, the Facilities Committee Meeting that was scheduled for today at 8:30 a.m. has been cancelled. A new meeting date will be announced in the coming days.</p>
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Throughout the morning, UCPS administrators have been in constant communication with law enforcement, state highway patrol and transportation staff to monitor road and weather conditions all across the county.<br />
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Please continue to check the UCPS website, Facebook and Twitter pages and school websites for updates.</p>
Staff ReportAssisted living facility to open soonurn:uuid:b9e557d2-2b24-4bce-b7ba-1674af8599c52015-02-21T15:33:53Z
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<span class="BodyCopyRaggedRtFeatureDropcap">Penni Keyes looks forward to soon opening The Haven at Wingate, a new Haven Family Care Home facility</span></p>
Lacey HamptonCity cuts ribbon on Customs buildingurn:uuid:fbd0657b-1829-405a-99a2-21e2c7cfae6b2015-02-21T15:32:10Z
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<span class="BodyCopy">Members of the community cut the ribbon at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection building. </span></p>
Carolyn SteevesDPI: 3,000 pass stopped school buses dailyurn:uuid:576787e8-771c-4389-a6d1-88c595deb1872015-02-21T15:29:16Z
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<span class="BodyCopy">Mark Williams, a bus driver with Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, said he has to jot down the make, model and license plate of a car if it passes as the school bus is stopped and he has the stop arm extended.</span></p>
By Claire Williams News Bureau UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication